Crusher and pulverizer.



A No. 753,238. PATBNTBD 515E'. ze, 1904; 1ML-F. WILLIAMS.

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MILTONF. u'uLLiAMsfoF sir. Louis, tussenin, Assieme To` wiLLiAMS PATENT cRUsHER e PULVERIZER ooMrANY, or er. Louie, Missouri,

'A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

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SPETIFIQATOH forming vperi: of Letters Patent No. ?58 ,288, dated April 26, 1904; kAppication led December 27, 1901', Seri-nl 86,250. I (No mode-.1.3" l l To (LZZ whom :if 772,017/ concern,.-

Be it known that M iLroN F. WILLi'AMs. e citizen of the United States, reeidingat the city ot' St, Louis, State of Missouri. have invent-l Athe line i tot' Fig. Q. Fig. 2 is an elevation chiefiy in section on the line2 2 of 1, the cover beingremoved and the supporting-silis ybeing omitted; and F ig. 3 is e View of the character of 1,' but illustrating e modification.

" ,v My n'esent'inrention releteissto"Crushers and pulverizers, my object being to provide e machine for producing a iineiy-pulverized iinishedproduet; and to this end and also to irn- 'prove germi-ally upon machines of the character indicated ni \"invention consists in the rarious, matters hereinafter described and claimed.

In the f lritwings, and referring .now parf ticulariy tn Figs. l and Q, A represents a Atraine ,open at topand bottom, and A e cover i piioted theretorat the rear, a cylindrical operating-chamber a beingproduced by theplates D and il, andscrecn yG, to which parts f1-efervence will he more `fully hereinafter made.

Through said chamber extends a shaft B, und upon this shaft are strung h:immensupports 71 to `which the Shanks e vot hammers C are secured by through-bolts 7)', sa'id Shanks Gerryin'g at their outer ends suitable. hamnier-heads el.' fA feed-opening is left at one Side ot' the chaniher a, and the casing extends from seid opening'to Aproduce ei suitable feeihhopper.

the feedopening a, 'es shown ata@ isa casing# pletejl), which extends to the outer side of 'the Upon the edge' of 'tlie-co-veiwpiate ahove the x, f' I -,'f i. l... r; 2

iced-opening 1s adeiiector-plate M whose pivot to produce the hopperfbottoni (l and has also an inwardly and downwardly entendiugyportion whose upper partl Il"kv substantiaifly straight. while its lower part Z2 curves to substantially confor-rnto the 'curve of the chernher a. This plete can, iirgdesired, Ybe cored, es at Zito producen steam-.jacket for wellunderstood purposes. in the lower part Z2 of seid pia-te l) is en opening d, which receives alug e upon the under ieee of a grinding-plete E, said plate being curved to conform to the curvature et' the part ZL- and having its upper Surface roughened, as corrugations e', A recess d* is formed in the vupY per fece ofthe plete D,the lower edge Aot' said recess being at about the line of the upper edge of the grinding-plate E, and in Vsaidrecess is plee-ed e breaker-plete or deadfplate F, which has upon its lunderfA-ce e perforated lug f, which extends through an opening (l5 in the pivoted casing-plete, the perforation ot' said lug receiving a wedge-key F,gby which the breaker-'plate is secured firmly in position. The upper wail of the recess, which is, in eiiect, ashoulder upon the plate, irielines d oivnwardly" and inwardly, end both the upper and `lower edges of the breaker-plate inciine downwardly and toward 'the center of snidplate ,while the upper edge of the grindingplete, which abuts against the lower edge of the breakeieplate is heveied downw 'erdly and outwardly, whereby when the breaker-plate and grinding-plate are assembled the locking of the breaker-'plete by its wedgcrkcy wedges both the said plates liirmiy in position, the appropriate' well 'ot' the ner edge of the plate abutting' againt the casing-plate D and the outer edge being bent downwardlyfto produce a lip *th`r i1gl1 an opening i. in which lip extends a'stud'h seated in the ltrame. The Said stuchloosJelyits 7:.

said opening, so that the said guard-plate is freely slidable, and about the stud and between anut l" (or other suitable stop member) and the lip is a spring Z, which tends to force i the said guard-plate against the casing-plate.

Thus in the various adjustments of the said easing-plate the said guard-plate moves with' it and always closes the space between the cash ing-plate and the frame.

The lower edges of the-pivoted 'plate D and of the grinding-plate mounted thereon' extend to about tli'e line of the vertical diameter of the chamber ay and at this line join a suitablysupported screen Gr, which iS curved to conform to the curve of said chamber and lies in 'aline `outside of the line ofthe operative face of the grinding-plate, there being a considerable distance'between salid two lines. Said screen extends a suitable distance about the operating-chambero1 and as there is no casingwall beyond the screenbetween the lower screen edge and the upper edge oi the frame material delivered through the screen can fall into any suitable bin or other receptacle. Upon the inner side of the screen is a cage (.lr", curved to conform to the curveof the operating-chamber and extending substantially the entire length of the screen. The bars g are closely set and lie in substantially the line of the grinding-surfaces, said bags being preferably supported in the same frame which carries the screen. The top bar is omitted in order to produce an opening g2 for the egress of any materialyrhich may be delivered through the spaces between said bars, but of not Sullicient linen'ess .o pass through the meshes of the screen.

At itsupper end the screen substantially joins a second grind? .1g-plate I-Lwhich extends to about the upper ed ge ol the feed-openinga,

i the end of said grinding-plate near the screen being pivoted 'upon inwardly-extending lugs o" upon theI cover. Near the free end ot said plate is a threaded pin '/zf, which projects through a slot /i' in the cover and receives set-nuts 152, the inner of which engages the outer face of the cover to effect adjustment of the plate H upon its pivot. A bolt ef, eX- tending through a threaded seat in the cover, bears at its innerend against the outer 'face ofthc said plate H, and by properly setting' the nuts if and the bolt it said plate can be adjusted upon its pivot and securely locked in 'its adjusted position.

A block ly slides transverse the axis of the shaft B in suitable ways v' and supports the free end of the pivotcd casing-plate l), and a threaded adjusting-rml lx', extending through and 'seated inthe frontframe-plate, has a head upon its inner end rotatably connected to the block and is provided with a hand-wheel upon its outer end. f is a lock-nut for rod K. A depending lug d? upon the free end of the casing-plate l) has a laterally-projecting stud d, which enters an inclined slot 'all in the Y wear.

block. Adjustment of the block effects ad.- justment of the pivoted plate and its supwell-known manner, the engagement of' the stud d with the respective walls of the slot insuring control of the casing-plate at all the material upon the dead-plate F, and the broken material is then carried around the 'operating-chamber and ground between the grinding-surfaces and the hammers, the cagebars y' forming a portion of the total grinding area. Thehamrner-heads and grindingL surfaces wear away, and in the present apparatu's the plurality of grinding-surfaces are separately adjustable, so that each surface can be given the desired adjustment independent ofthe other, and thus saved from unnecessary Furthermore, by employing grindingsurfaces upon all portions of the periphery ot' the operating-chamberexcept that portionl used for the inlet-opening the greatest grinding-surface is presented and the maximum amount of work accomplished during a singlc revolution of the material. By pivoting the grinding-plates as described their opererative surfaces can be made to gradually approach the line of travel of thehammer-heads,

ported breaker-plate and grinding-plate in a` whereby reduced throats can be produced at the free ends of the grinding-plates and very fine grinding thereby obtained. The plurality or' such pivoted plates make it possible to presenta plurality of such throats to themacan be obtained .with but little change in tlie position ot the-breaker-plate.

As above described, the screen (lr is located beyond the line otl the grinding-surfaces., so that a considerable space isleft between the hannner-heads and thescreen, and the cagebars g' are located in the grinding-line between said screen and the hammers.. r.this saves the screen from grindingwear., thus making it possible to employ a relatively light screen of line mesh and. furthermore, prevents clogging of the screen by material force-d.

into its openingsby the hammers. The screen being located beyond the grinding-hue, grinding Wear upon the'sameland the before-mentioned clogging' is prevented, even should the cage bars be omitted. rlhc screen being curif'ethas previmisly described, and the pulvcrizcd material being thrown tangentially because ot' the centrifugal force created by te'rial during a single revolution and to pro- TIO the rapidiy-revolving' hammers, this material is compelled to strike the screen atsome :angle'other than a Vright angle, and thus a fine sitting can be obtained with a screen of somewhat coarser mesh than that corresponding to the desired tneness of the iinished prodscreen by centrifugal action and not forced l npon it by the hammers, and thereforel a tine sifting is permitted. The cage-barsproduce a sufficient air-space betweenl the screenand thematerial in the operating-chamber to facilitate the tangential bolting o i' Ithe ground The apparatus described "is stronq and has its parts advantageously arranged and com,- bined and by its use a very tine product re- Yin thelmodited construction of machine shown 1n Fig. 3 there 1s a frame 1, cover 2,

'shaft 3, hamrner-snpportsv4,l hammers 5, pivoted casing-plate 6, operating-chamber 7, feedopemng 8. and hopper 9, as described in conn'ectio'n with the machine shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the casing-plate 6 carrying the dead-plate'or breakenplate and the grinding-plate 11, as

previously explained. in themoditied constrnction, however, the cover 2 (which forms' ber is a block a part of the casing) has a discharge-opening 12 1n its top, and from this opening extends an uptake tine or pipe 13. Two grindingplates 14 and 15 (corresponding'generally to the grindingeplate H of the first-described construction) ill the space l'ietiveen the ends of the casing-plate and the hereinafter-described screen 32, said plates thiis forming portions of the wall of the oij eratingehamber, and the end of each or' these plates which corresponds to the pivoted end of the casingqilate 6 is pivetally connected to the liframe 1, as at 17 and 18, respectiveiy. T he plate 15 is adjusted and locked by means of a threaded pin 19, nuts 1'9", and boit 20, as previously described in connection with the plate H. The plate 14, which lies adjadent the easing-plate G and has its pivoted'end at the bottoni of the machineand near 'the vertical axis thereof, has a lug 21 de.

pending from the plate portion on the side of the pivot opposite the casing-plate. Slidable in suitable Ways 22- -iiielo\v the operating-cham'- 23, and in ways 24 in line with the ways 22 is a second bleek 28, the plates 6 and 14' being connected to said blocks in the manner previously described in connection with the easingeplate i), the inclined slot ot'` each block extending downwardly and toward the vertical axis et the machine. Each block is provided with a recess 25, into which is dropped a nut 26, and an adjusti ng-rod 27 eirtends through said nuts and has threads 28 and 29 of opposite pitch for engaging the respective nuts. Said rod is seated in and extends beyond the front frame-plate and has a handwheel upon its extending portion. The ad justment of the plates 6 and 11 throughthe medium of theiod. 27 will be apparent: I

The above-described construction produces a machine having1 a series of adjacent grinding-surfaces which are pivoted at correspondn ing ends, `Wherebya series otrednced'throats can'be produced and the materiai thus iineiy -pulverized, as has been heretofore explained.

An opening 3Q is made in one or both side Wallsioi' the casing' at abont the center of the operating-chamber, and as therapidly-ievolv-J ling hammers actas fanhlades a current of air is drawn' in atthe saidopening oropenngs and is'blown through the discharge-opening; in the cover.

.opening-s, and thus renders possible the con A` gate 31v reguiates each of said trol of the blast. A screen 32, curved to conform to the curve ofthe wall of the operatingchaniber, extends across the discharge-operai ing and is' pivoted tothe casing atfthe end lirst approached by a hammer in its revolution, as i shown at 83, said screen being` protected by a grinding-surface cage 32f A threaded bolt 34, pivotally connected to the free end of the screen, extends upwardly through aslot made in a vshoulder 36, formed upon the pipe 13, and nuts' engage the projecting endet said bolt and rest npon saidshouldr, 'Wherebythe screen can be'adjustednnd lockedin such-adjusted position. l

The pulver'ized material 'carried around by the action of the hammers is thrown by centrifugal force against the screen andstrikes the same at an angle other than 'a right angle, such angularcontact lbeing assistedby the A curvature of 4,the screen, and a tine sifting resnlts.' The linely-.pnlverized 'particles which pass the screen are carried out of the machine by the air-'blast previously mentioned. Mani- 4 festly the fineness of the material passing through a screen is determined by thean'gie 'at which the material meets said screen, and therefore as the pivotal support of the screen at its end. first approachedbythe hammers in their revoiutie'n maires it possihie?t'rad-`V just the angie of the'screen' with relation-rte the tangential line Vin'vvhich the' polveri-Zed material iii thrown the said screen can be 'adjustedto effect Sittings of dierent4 ineness.

Enrthermore, 'as the free end ofthe screen raised 'said screen is carriedaway from the line of rotation of the hammers and the portion of the screen which receives the material is presented farther' from the hammersin' the tangential line in which the material is thrown.

Therefore as the screen isadjnsted outwardly on its pivot the material strikes saidsereen ,with decreased momentum due to centrifugal and a screen upon the outer side of said perforated grinding-surface and spaced theremade of No. 1 8 wire, No. 4l0 mesh. The grinding-bars 32 are about one-halt vinch in diameter and are spaced from each other to leave an opening 'of about one-eighth of an inch between adjacent bars, Vand said grinding-bars areabnt one and one-halt' inches from the screen, 32. I am aware that many minor changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement ci' the several parts of .my device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- 1. In a machine of the character indicated, the combination with rotatable beaters, of a breaker-plate, an imperforate grinding-surface, and a perforated grinding-surface, said breaker-plate and said grinding-surfaces being arranged in the order named in the direction of'travel of said beaters, whereby a beater commencing its travel in cooperative relation to said breaker-plate first passes said breakerplate, then said imperforate grinding-surface and then said perforated grinding surface,

from, there being an exit-opening for' tailings from the space between said perforated grinding-surface and screen; substantially as described. f

2.- In a' machine of the character indicated, a casing provided with an operating-chamber having' a peripheral gri ndin g-surface provided with openings, rotatable beaters cooperating with said grinding-surface, and a screen upon the outer side of said grinding-surface and spaced therefrom,V said grinding-surface and screen being pivotally adjustable; substantially as described.

3. 1n a machine of the character indicated, a plate, a grinding-plate having a part engaging a shoulder on said first-mentioned plate, a breaker-plate having an edge engaging the edge of said grinding-plate upon the side opposite said shoulder, whereby said breaker-plate locks said grinding-platein position, and means for securing said breakerlate upon said first-mentioned plates; sub- 1.14. In a machine of: the character indicated,

a plate having an opening therein, a grindingplate having a lug entering said opening. and

- abreaker-platc secured to said first-mentioned plate and having an'edge engaging said grinding-plate and locking the same in position; substantially as described.

5 In a machineof the character indicated, a plate having a shoulder, a grinding-plate supported upon said first-mentioned plate and engaging said shoulder, a beveled shoulder upon said first-mentioned plate, a breakerplate between said shoulder and said grinding-plate and having an overhanging beveled edge engaging said grinding-plate, and means for securing said breaker-plate upon said firstmentioned plate; substantially as described.

6. In a machine-of the character indicated., a plate having two openings therein, a grinding-plate having, a lug entering one of said openings, an outwardly and upwardly beveled shoulder upon said first-mentioned plate and upon the side of its second opening opposite the said grinding-plate, a breaker-plate having outwardly and upwardly beveled opposite edges which respectively engagesaid shoulder and the edge of said grinding-plate, a perforated lug uponI said breaker-plate extending through the second opening insaid first-mentioned plate, and a wedge-key in the perforation of said lug; substantially as described.

7'. In a-nachine of the character indicated, a frame, a casing-plate pivotally movable with relation thereto, a guard-plate spanning the space between said frame and casing-plate and abutting against said casing-plate, and means for yieldingly forcing said guard-plate against said casing-plate; substantially as described.

8. In a machine of the character indicated, a frame, acasingplate movable with relation thereto, a guard-plate spanning' the space bctween said frame and said casing-plate, a lip upon said guard-plate, la stud upon said frame and loosely passing through said lip,and a spring between said lip and a stop member upon said stud; substantially as described.

In testimony -whereoi' I hereunto ail'ixlny signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of December, 1901.

MILTON F. IN lLLl AMS.

W itncsses:

F. R. CORNWALL, Geenen BAKnwuLL.

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